Staff Backend Engineer, Tessian
Intelligent Cloud Email Security
Job no longer available
Intelligent Cloud Email Security
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To keep the world’s most sensitive data and systems private and secure.
Role
Who you are
- You will bringing experience of working at scale, and having seen and solved diverse technical challenges in your career
- A product focus: you understand deeply how customers and the wider org are impacted by your decisions, and the work of those you influence
- Someone who is able to “see around corners” and proactively identify problems before they slow us down
- An excellent communicator, able to empathetically communicate and constructively challenge in both technical and non-technical contexts to a diverse audience
What the job involves
- Join one of the key teams behind Tessian Defender, protecting our customers from the full spectrum of inbound email attacks. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to deliver:
- Engage with the world of Python 3 and AWS, architecting robust distributed systems designed to manage immense volumes of data with exceptional speed
- Collaborate across various functions, harnessing team synergy to deliver premium solutions and outcomes for our esteemed customers
- Apply your keen product mindset and tech savvy to help shape Defender's future, contributing to our progressive vision
- Cultivate a supportive environment by providing thoughtful, actionable feedback, fostering growth and development among team members
- Embrace the responsibility of maintaining and supporting our essential business systems, always mindful of the interplay between scale, latency, and cost
- Take on the complex task of processing highly sensitive data, a challenge that will refine your skills in data security and handling
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
While other forms of workplace communication have gained a lot of traction (namely Slack and Microsoft Teams), email still dominates as by far the most popular way for people to communicate at work.
However, sophisticated cyber attacks are becoming more common, with cybercriminals impersonating colleagues, customers or suppliers in targeted attacks that are difficult for people to detect. Tessian’s technology detects when an email represents a threat, reducing the chance of human error.
The problem is real for all company sizes. Hiscox, a big insurer, reported that small businesses in the UK are targeted with 65,000 attacks per day. Those suffering from incidents are facing costs of ~£25k.
There aren't many other companies that have rocketed as much as Tessian in the last couple of years. It started out slow, but has grown rapidly since its $2.7m seed round in 2017 (which was quickly followed by a $13m round in 2018, a $42m round in 2019 and a $65m round in 2021). The company has focused on accelerating expansion across the North American Market and is well set to see continued success in the market.
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"The pace here makes it something really special, & means we're always developing really fast"
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2021
$9m
SERIES C
May 2021
$65m
SERIES C
Total funding: $130.5m
Company benefits
- Company lunches
- Learning and development
- Retirement plans
- Dog friendly office
- Flexible working
- Classpass discount
Company values
- Human First
- Customer Centricity
- Positive Mindset. Solution Oriented
- Grit and Perseverance
- We Do the Right Thing
- Craft at Speed
Company HQ
Finsbury, London, UK
Articles
Founders
Tim Sadler
(CEO)Current Investment Scout at Sequoia Capital. They have served as a Mentor for several companies and programmes. Former Global Banking Analyst at HSBC.
Edward Bishop
(CTO)Former Investment Banking Executive at Valence Group and previous worked as an Energy & Resources Corporate Finance Analyst at RBS Global Banking & Markets.
Tom Adams
(Head of Client-side Engineering)Additionally served as COO of the company along with their current role. Worked as a Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst at UBS and was a Corporate Advisory Analyst at Santander.
People progressing
Emma joined Tessian 3 years ago as a Software Engineer and has since been promoted to Senior Engineer and more recently to Engineering Manager.
James joined Tessian as an SDR in 2018, he then progressed into the Technical Operations Team and become Tessian's first Sales Engineer. James has since been promoted again to Customer Program Manager.
Diversity & Inclusion at Tessian
- We report on representation and inclusion internally to hold ourselves accountable to creating a more diverse and inclusive company
- We create entry level programmes to hire and internally develop people from underrepresented backgrounds
- We commit to transparently communicating our processes around employee experience such as salary benchmarking, promotions, internal moves, and organisational restructuring
- We build learning & development approaches to accelerate the growth of future leaders from diverse backgrounds
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